All, The rental house that was the scene of a fire that killed the two Maryland sisters on vacation with their family in Noyak (Town of Southampton, Sag Harbor Long Island, NY) earlier this month did not have a rental permit or working smoke alarms. Sisters Jillian Wiener, 21 … [Read more...]
By Jackson Brown, ABC24: A Memphis firefighter is recovering from second-degree burns Tuesday after battling an early-morning apartment fire in South Memphis. The Memphis Fire Department said crews fought the blaze at an apartment complex at the 200 block of Bond … [Read more...]
By AFP: Three firefighters died and two others were seriously injured in a forest fire in northern Morocco that was suspected to have been started deliberately, authorities said Tuesday. The firefighters were in a vehicle that plunged into a ravine while they were battling the … [Read more...]
By Joanna Lavoia, CP24: A firefighter battling a smoky two-alarm fire at a residence in North York Monday morning has been injured. Toronto paramedics said they transported one patient with serious, but non life threatening, injuries to a local hospital. The fire broke … [Read more...]
NY FIREFIGHTER, 38, LODD, IAFF CANCER ACTION, FATAL RIG/BIKE CRASH
All, We regret to pass on that veteran Island Park (Nassau County, Long Island, NY) Firefighter Captain Michael Fischer went into cardiac arrest and died while at a department detail. Fischer, 38, had participated in a morning training event, then rode on an engine company to … [Read more...]
By Northern Virginia Daily: A member of the Woodstock Fire Department has been charged with setting an abandoned building on fire. Around 9:53 p.m. on Friday, the Shenandoah County Communications Center received a 911 call for a structure fire at 402 W. Locust St. in … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Fatal Crash At Fatal Fire Fundraiser in PA
All, A man plowed his car into the Berwick (PA) fundraising event for families affected by that Nescopeck fire, killing one and injuring 17, then drove off and fatally beat a woman before the police arrested him. Four of the injured in the crash in Berwick, a borough about Pa … [Read more...]